A sense for infrared light
Laser physicists from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics developed a measuring system for light waves in the near-infrared range.
Optics & Photonics
Jan 19, 2016
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News tagged with optical wavelength
Black hole awakens after 26 years
On 15 June 2015, V404 Cygni (V404 Cyg), a binary system comprising a sun-like star orbiting a black hole, woke up. A huge outburst of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum 'lit up' the sky. The last such outburst was ...
Astronomy
Nov 5, 2015
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First optical rectenna—combined rectifier and antenna—converts light to DC current
Using nanometer-scale components, researchers have demonstrated the first optical rectenna, a device that combines the functions of an antenna and a rectifier diode to convert light directly into DC current.
Nanophysics
Sep 28, 2015
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Researchers develop atomic laser operating at the shortest wavelength yet
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with affiliations to several facilities in Japan has succeeded in developing an atomic laser that operates at the shortest wavelength yet. In their paper published in the journal Nature, ...
Researchers clear the way for fast plasmonic chips
Researchers from the Laboratory of Nanooptics and Plasmonics at the MIPT Center of Nanoscale Optoelectronics have developed a new method for optical communication on a chip, which will could decrease the size of optical and ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 4, 2015
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Image: The Argo's hidden cargo
The constellation of the great ship Argo Navis used to bob along the watery southern horizon of the Mediterranean during times of antiquity.
Astronomy
Jul 20, 2015
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Rayleigh scattering reveals light propagation in optical nanfibers
Optical fibers are hair-like threads of glass used to guide light. Fibers of exceptional purity have proved an excellent way of sending information over long distances and are the foundation of modern telecommunication systems. ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 15, 2015
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Hidden physics make fish glitter
A theory borrowed from physics to understand how electrons move in semiconductors may explain the silvery mirror-like appearance of many fish, recent research suggests.
General Physics
Feb 25, 2015
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No need for color correction: Perfect colors, captured with one ultra-thin lens
Most lenses are, by definition, curved. After all, they are named for their resemblance to lentils, and a glass lens made flat is just a window with no special powers. But a new type of lens created at the Harvard School ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 19, 2015
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Scientists discover novel metamaterial properties within hexagonal boron nitride
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Manchester, U.K.; Imperial College, London; University of California San Diego; and the National Institute of Material ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 20, 2014
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